---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing youth courts to have jurisdiction over transit infractions."
description: "Allowing youth courts to have jurisdiction over transit infractions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 1199"
citation: "Washington HB 1199 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JUVENILE COURT AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS", "COURTS", "PUBLIC TRANSIT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/340fb560-eb7a-4367-8caf-483ca5703a16"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1199&year=2017"
source_hash: "b420d8449aa68f8f2fbf4da728448e97a113f7ed9e606b5aedaaca34e606490d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington HB 1199 (2017-2018) — Allowing youth courts to have jurisdiction over transit infractions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1199.htm)
2. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2017-18/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1199-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#5) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#9) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irwin — primary (person)
- Frame — cosponsor (person)
- Goodman — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Jinkins — cosponsor (person)
- Muri — cosponsor (person)
- Rodne — cosponsor (person)
- Stambaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Stokesbary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-13** First reading, referred to Judiciary (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). `reading-1`
- **2017-01-26** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-01-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-01-26** JUDI - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2017-01-30** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2017-01-31** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-02-09** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2017-02-09** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-02-09** Third reading, passed; yeas, 98; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2017-02-10** First reading, referred to Human Services, Mental Health & Housing. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** HSMH - Majority; do pass.
- **2017-03-16** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2017-03-31** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-31** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2017-04-06** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-06** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Delivered to Governor.
- **2017-04-14** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-14** Chapter 9, 2017 Laws. `became-law`
- **2017-04-14** Effective date 7/23/2017. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/340fb560-eb7a-4367-8caf-483ca5703a16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).